Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

HMS_Blinkin:Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

Now that they're our friends, I kinda like the idea of arming the shiate out of those crazy Germans and Japanese. I mean, if I had to look over my shoulder in a facedown with poooty I would like to see some foaming at the mouth Germans and Japanese behind me.

IamKaiserSoze!!!:Now that they're our friends, I kinda like the idea of arming the shiate out of those crazy Germans and Japanese. I mean, if I had to look over my shoulder in a facedown with poooty I would like to see some foaming at the mouth Germans and Japanese behind me.

IamKaiserSoze!!!:Now that they're our friends, I kinda like the idea of arming the shiate out of those crazy Germans and Japanese. I mean, if I had to look over my shoulder in a facedown with poooty I would like to see some foaming at the mouth Germans and Japanese behind me.

IamKaiserSoze!!!:Now that they're our friends, I kinda like the idea of arming the shiate out of those crazy Germans and Japanese. I mean, if I had to look over my shoulder in a facedown with poooty I would like to see some foaming at the mouth Germans and Japanese behind me.

HMS_Blinkin:Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

cgraves67:IamKaiserSoze!!!: Now that they're our friends, I kinda like the idea of arming the shiate out of those crazy Germans and Japanese. I mean, if I had to look over my shoulder in a facedown with poooty I would like to see some foaming at the mouth Germans and Japanese behind me.

Because subby is ignorant about history? Here's a project for you, subs. Look at the size of today's militaries compared to those in 1939, and the percentage of GDP spent on those militaries. (Link is for Germany vs. UK, but useful for comparison; Germany spent 17 percent of GDP on the military in 1937, compared to 4.5 percent today by Russia). Compared to the war machines of Imperial Japan and the USSR in the '30s, today's Japanese and Russian militaries are honor guards.

HMS_Blinkin:Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

LazyMedia:Because subby is ignorant about history? Here's a project for you, subs. Look at the size of today's militaries compared to those in 1939, and the percentage of GDP spent on those militaries. (Link is for Germany vs. UK, but useful for comparison; Germany spent 17 percent of GDP on the military in 1937, compared to 4.5 percent today by Russia). Compared to the war machines of Imperial Japan and the USSR in the '30s, today's Japanese and Russian militaries are honor guards.

HMS_Blinkin:Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

I didn't say it was the same. I said familliar. You seem to agree to some extent. I also took RIDICULOUS liberties with any reference to Japan. Mostly I wanted to play with the Hillary Clinton suggestion that there are similarities between Crimea and Sudetenland. Now if we ignore timing and our current recovery, maybe we can equate the great depression and our current economy. We have an American populace reluctant to intervene in current international affairs. A potential new dustbowl brewing in the plains.

Were there some other geo-political issues around that time we could twist to force into this?

AngryDragon:HMS_Blinkin: Because subby has been watching too much History channel and wants to re-live WWII for some deluded reason? Today's circumstances are only superficially similar to those that led to WWII, and anyone who bothers to look past the "ZOMG borders are being violated" narrative will quickly realize that.

I'm not saying that the international situation isn't a bit troubling, but it's also not a replay of 1939.

However, compare Hitler and Putin:Both are dictators that arose from democracyBoth fanned the flames of nationalism based on a lost war (WWI/cold)Both demonized and criminalized minority groups to consolidate a populist base and to distract the public from their own misdeedsBoth annexed land based on "reuniting" its people

It's the exact same playbook, only this time the dictator has natural resources. And nukes.

Am I bad that a part of me would love to see 99% of all men aged 18-25 sent overseas for a few years? I'm 34 and past the draft age, but I'm sure I could help out on the home front by comforting the lonely 18-25 year old women?

nocturnal001:Am I bad that a part of me would love to see 99% of all men aged 18-25 sent overseas for a few years? I'm 34 and past the draft age, but I'm sure I could help out on the home front by comforting the lonely 18-25 year old women?

Listen... we need to move on this. You start up the propaganda machine. I'll call every military contractor I've ever met and get them on board.

But we are going to need more than Russia this time, can we drag china into this? We need a land war in asia to it right.

Kahabut:nocturnal001: Am I bad that a part of me would love to see 99% of all men aged 18-25 sent overseas for a few years? I'm 34 and past the draft age, but I'm sure I could help out on the home front by comforting the lonely 18-25 year old women?

Listen... we need to move on this. You start up the propaganda machine. I'll call every military contractor I've ever met and get them on board.

But we are going to need more than Russia this time, can we drag china into this? We need a land war in asia to it right.